Its quiet, so its comfortable, but doesnt this make you feel anxious?

Recently, the atmosphere around the Yukline mansion had quieted down. Silence was rather unusual in this magnificent mansion thats considered the best in this world.

Hey, dont say that. Dont worry about it. Just stay still, stay still

The unusual calmness was awkward for the maids and servants of the mansion, but after a week, they were able to adjust to it.

Oh, do you perhaps think that its because things are going well with Miss Freyden?

At the young maids question, the other maid shook her head.

Ei. Do you really think so? I think its the opposite.

Really? Im confused because Ive only been here in this house for a week and they dont even check the cleaning.

Enjoy it. Since we dont know how long itll last

The servants were chatting about the strange changes in the mansions owner.

Has this ever happened before?

Well. Its been 10 years since Lord Deculein has been in office.

Their owner was so famous and sensitive, so there were many anecdotes that came to their minds that the flow of the conversation completely changed.

It was at that moment.

Creaaak

The front door was opened wide and the sound of shoes echoed through the hall.

Clack, clack

A cool and sinister echo.

The maids rushed to line up quickly in front of the unexpected visitor.

Where is that man?

The VIP who posed this sharp question was a beauty with short-cut, black hair.

Yes, right now, the master is.

Yeriel, their masters sister, was equally well-known for being as sensitive as him. Her presence made the maids bow.

Guide me

The servants guided her without daring to make eye contact.

Together, they climbed the central stairs of the mansion and ended up standing in front of the gates of the highest floor which was completely used as a single room.

Knock, knock

Yeriel lightly knocked on the door that everyone in this house feared.

Knock, knock.

There was no response.

Knock, knock! Knock, knock!

Yeriel tried it a few more times but couldnt take it anymore and burst open the door.

Hey!

In the neat room a handsome man with a disheveled face lay there.

His hair shone subtly like a dark crystal and his fine, white skin and straight, intelligent features were darkened today.

This was enough to shake any womans heart, but Yeriel just fired away without caring about anything else.

What the hell are you doing?!

Yeriels insolent way of speaking shook the servants.

However the owner of this grand mansion only murmured in a low voice.

I thought Id wake up if I just went back to sleep a bunch of times. Guess Im still dreaming.

At the end of his words, the maids gave him a strange look.

Just how badly did things with Miss Freyden go?!

And.

Yeriel frowned as if she understood his words in a similar way.

Right now, everyone but Deculein had the name, Julie von Deya-Freyden, floating in their minds.

The second daughter of the northern Freyden family. The current fiance of Deculein von Grahan-Yukline.

Externally, the two were promised to each other, but their feelings towards each other were insanely different.

Deculein seemed to love Julie with all his heart, but her feelings for him bordered on disgust.

This wasnt just simple speculation, this fact was actually pretty well-known.

Cant you stop thinking about her? What are you doing, even canceling all your lectures?!

Lectures?

Yes!

Yeriel took some documents out of a luxurious clutch bag. Then she threw the bunch of papers on the bed.

You said youd do it yourself. And if you just stay here like an idiot, youll bring shame to our family. Are you fine with this?

..

Theres an event at the university, so make sure to attend! At least if you dont want to lose your professorship youre so proud of!

Youre very bold.

Deculein smirked. At that moment, Yeriel became angry. Blood vessels were throbbing at her white temple.

Im not being bold, youre just being stupid! Idiot!

Very harsh swear words. The maids trembled, but the master didnt react even a little.

If it was his usual self, he would have punished me. How could he have become so lethargic?

I wish hed return back to normal.

Alright, go out.

Hmpf.

Yeriel snorted and went out the door.

She didnt want to see that idiot who turned out like this just because he was dumped by some woman either.

Ye, ye, Yeriel-nim. Would you like to have a meal?

Im going

But youve come such a long way. Hold, hold on!

Im going!

Many of the servants followed her in a hurry.

The master seemed to be in a bad mood today, so it was best to stay out of his sight

* * *

Lectures, huh.

I looked at the documents given to me by Deculeins sister, Yeriel.

The title of the lecture was: Imperial Senior Professor Deculein: A Fundamental Understanding of Magic and Attitude toward Mana.

Furthermore, the table of contents was as follows.

Magical distinction between attributes and types.A rough Outline of circles of each magic branch, such as Destruction, Support, Summoning and Spirit.Proper usage of Mana.

What kind of magic system is so diverse?

Where did science go in a world where magic is so diverse? I remember it was said that science when developed sufficiently wasnt much different from magic though.

I lay on my bed thinking nonsense.

Haah.

A week had passed.

Before I knew it, a whole week had passed in the blink of an eye.

I couldnt find out why Im stuck here even after all that time.

I thought it was a regular dream, but it wasnt. Then I thought it was a lucid dream, but it wasnt. After that I thought it was a VR game, but it wasnt.

The most convincing reason was that I got struck by lightning, that what Im experiencing is the after life.

Anyway, Ive become that fricking games character I was modeled after Deculein von Grahan-Yukline .

For reference, Deculein was a link that connected the whole game, an arch-rival to many Named Characters or otherwise known as the mid-boss to players, a Named Villain.

The enemy of his parents, the enemy of his lover, the enemy of his hometown, the enemy of his peers and so on.

In addition to this, Im sure that there were many more people who bore a grudge against him, a villian only woven to die and experience hardship.

Of course, Lane said that there was a little twist to this character, but did he mean the fact that Id possess this guy..?

Hes going to die on almost every Route.

This villain would die almost inevitably, like a villain should.

Whether the player killed him themselves, he got killed by a Named Character who bore a grudge, randomly got into a fight and died, got assassinated or died some other way.

Like that purple haired guy from that famous hero movie. (TN: I have no idea who that is)

Rather than that, this is.

I sorted the papers that Yeriel threw.

I took them in one hand and glanced at them, the lecture was scheduled today.

I have to go

It was my first time giving a lecture, but I couldnt just sit idle. I couldnt be lazy anymore.

I had to somehow gather information, I had to find some things out regardless of whether I could go back or not..

[Top Survival Goal: Be a necessary part of the game.]

[Side Quest: University Lecture]

Store currency +0.5

These strange sentences flickered in my field of vision.

I was resuming my activities part because of Yeriel and part because of this. Not only was Yeriel among my Death Flags, but that Store Currency was quite important as well.

Fortunately, the knowledge, attitude and experience to give the lecture didnt pose a problem.

[Understanding]

Rating

: Unique

Explanation

: The ability to comprehend things. Its activated by consuming Mana.

Before being trapped in this world I added [Understanding] mistaking it for something similar to [Sympathy].

I believed in this skills performance.

No, thats not it, its just because it was a unique ranked skill. It was the unique rank that only appeared in the latter half of the game and the character I was playing before didnt even get it.

Lets wash up

I got out of bed and went into the bathroom. I took off my clothes and turned on the shower.

A clean environment, hot water and a shower with good water pressure. These were all things I liked.

After taking a shower, I opened the door to the dressing room. This room that was bigger than my apartment was filled with all kinds of valuables and suits.

I chose clothes by trusting my instinct.

A white shirt and an aristocratic navy suit. A blue tie and intelligent looking glasses. Then I put a coat over it, sprayed my whole body with perfume and put up my hair neatly, not leaving a single strand unattended.

After that, I looked in the mirror.

.

Honestly this style looked nauseating, but it seemed rather elegant. That overflowing ego felt quite arrogant, but a graceful dignity certainly seemed to mingle with it.

Its probably the work of [Intimidating Grace], [Aesthetic Sense] and [Noble Etiquette].

In fact I cant say or do anything against etiquette. No matter how hungry, one shouldnt just eat ones food at will, one shouldnt blabber and one has to act elegant and cultured at all times.

As such it also became natural for me to do that. As if my personality completely changed, it felt as comfortable to use these inefficient manners as breathing.

Even just witnessing crude and unsophisticated behavior, Id feel scorn and contempt rising up.

I wont let myself get swallowed by this guy.

This character had a lot of characteristics, especially under the Personality category.

What was written in the system log at the moment were: Noble Etiquette, Elitist, Mysophobe, Authoritative, OCD and so on.

Those personality traits were most certainly transmitted to me.

Thats why even this obligation to hold that lecture felt so natural to me. Im an outstanding and noble aristocrat what bullshit.

Woojin.

I looked back at the handsome man in the mirror.

Kim Woojin.

I wont lose myself.

I wont get swallowed up by this stupid character.

Thats your name.

Woo from House and Jin from True (TN: spelling out name, jip u and chamjin)

A healthy South Korean man, tall and handsome, objectively speaking, but using someone elses words, a loser.

A pathetic and lazy jerk

Thats me.

Slap!

I slapped my face and then went out of the door.

* * *

Tok, tok.

The clear and regular sound of footsteps. Long, smoothly moving legs.

Indeed, an elegant and orderly gait.

I stood in front of a car parked in the yard admiring its vintage style.

Good day, master.

A vehicle with an antique design that could have been found in the modern Ford era. This was a symbol of wealth in this world.

Im going out.

Understood!

As I climbed onto the backseat of the car after the attendant opened the door for me, I saw some small fellow sitting on the seat next to mine.

?

Under the pulled up robe hood I could see a cute but rigid face.

Pro, professor! Good day! He, here you go!

He spoke in a very tense voice and handed something to me. It was a bunch of documents.

Are you, a magician?

Pardon? Ah, yes. Yes sirI, uh, Ive been working under the professor for three years now though..

I was merely joking.

I laughed elegantly and looked over the documents.

I thought it was about the lecture, but it was actually a script. It was a script containing every subject from the start to finish of the lecture.

Actually, how did Deculein prepare himself for lectures?

In fact, he only appeared talented on the outside.

The trait I had right now wasnt genius or prodigious but Mediocre Magic Talent so I really wanted this script.

Good job.

Pardon?

However, when I mentioned that he did a good job, the magician became embarrassed.

To be honest, this compliment also made my stomach twist into knots. It was an obvious Personality contagion, but I had to overcome this.

I closed my eyes and added a few more words.

You did a great job. Rest until we get there.

Ye, yes! Yes! Understood, sir!

The magician with his head down went as silent as a corpse. The mouth that was exposed from under his hood seemed to have pulled into a small smile though, seemingly pleased with the compliment.

.

I read the script in my hands. But the paper got on my nerves. I thought it was dirty. Next time, Ill put on my gloves No, not that.

Now let us proceed.

I knew the settings of the game to some extent, but thanks to a more solid [Understanding] I could quickly grasp the script itself.

About 30 minutes have passed since I started preparing for the lecture.

?

An interesting scenery appeared outside the car window.

I naturally looked over to it.

Following that, even I unknowingly smiled.

The outside was filled with the shimmering waves of light emitted by the sun at noon.

A road surrounded by vibrant flowers and trees led to the entrance where the statue of the first emperor stood tall.

There were many buildings filling the vast land and soft beams of light gently fell upon them from the sky.

As a whole it was called the Imperial University

This bodys, Deculeins workplace.

Everything that got reflected in my eyes, which was now more real than 3Dwas the result of my design.

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